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You can't blame him the arena looked empty last night to me. He has literally taken this program from a burning pile of sh*t to the final four in 5 years!! I will let that man say whatever he want's about a bad crowd every once in awhile.

We've only had 3 home games thus far: they haven't been the most recognizable opponents, and two of those games have taken place on Wednesday nights, so I'm hoping the sample size for Gamecock fan support is not indicative of what it ultimately will be. The game versus Coastal Carolina should be better Saturday, being a weekend game and pitting two in-state teams against each other. Hopefully there's a large and loud crowd there....

You can't blame him the arena looked empty last night to me. He has literally taken this program from a burning pile of sh*t to the final four in 5 years!! I will let that man say whatever he want's about a bad crowd every once in awhile.

One thing everyone is overlooking though is fans had an atypical emotional attachment to last season's team. With Sin, and BJ and PJ and those other guys who were screwed over the year before and Sin being a 4-year starter for us, there was more than just a "thats my team" feeling. People had a personal story about those guys which made it that much more special.

On top of that, no one really knows these guys yet and it was a friggin wednesday night. South Carolina fans dont typically start taking notice of basketball until January generally anyways.

One thing everyone is overlooking though is fans had an atypical emotional attachment to last season's team. With Sin, and BJ and PJ and those other guys who were screwed over the year before and Sin being a 4-year starter for us, there was more than just a "thats my team" feeling. People had a personal story about those guys which made it that much more special.

On top of that, no one really knows these guys yet and it was a friggin wednesday night. South Carolina fans dont typically start taking notice of basketball until January generally anyways.

When has attendance this time of year ever been good when we're playing the kinds of teams we're bringing in? It'll pick up after the first of the year when conference play starts and basketball is the only game in town, just like always (except when Horn's teams played to the pep band). For now though, it feels like midnight at 7PM, people have Christmas shopping to do, and plenty of folks are still in football mode. That's the way it is and has always been. Frank has to know this so I'm not sure what berating the fans can accomplish.

I'll add that the team is a giant question mark with little to no personality yet. We don't know what we're rooting for (other than a win). Who is the team leader, the face of the team, the guy who the rest of the team plays for and takes their queues from? We don't know.

Is the caliber of high school basketball in this area and this state really that bad???

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Yes. Why do you think it took us 45 years to win a NCAA tournament game. Once in a while we get D-1 superstar, but they always leave the state. There is no depth in this state like football or baseball. Take a look at women Bball, only Aja is an in-state talent.

Selling out the arena ain't gonna get Zion here he's got all those Kentucky signees in his ear or he's got Clemson money in his pockets (ban me if you want but I believe they pay recruits in football and are jealous of our basketball teams last year) With that being said it's the holiday season and a middle of the week game when SEC play starts people will show up.